Modern Drummer : MD back issues from February 2008:
Fathers & Sons
Feb 01, 2008; ... "All of the really good drummers had fathers who played drums." Believe it or not, that was the opinion I had back when I was in my teens. At the time, many of the hot local players I knew had dads who played. I remember how one fellow, a monstrous Buddy Rich-inspired player, told me that not ...
READERS' PLATFORM
Feb 01, 2008; ... Jimmy Chamberlin God bless Jimmy Chamberlin for his refreshingly "drummer-centric" attitude. I loved his statements about not tuning to suit engineers, and not using Pro Tools or click tracks. I'm not a Smashing Pumpkins fan, but I can still appreciate a drummer who brings technique and ...
Joey Baron: On Song Structure And Soloing
Feb 01, 2008; ... I've been a big fan of your drumming for a long time. I'd like to ask for your help and advice concerning one of my favorite Masada songs, "Nevalah," from their album Vol. 6: Vav. I tried to figure out the metric changes throughout the theme and what I got was sixteen bars in the following ...
Jim Riley: On The Nashville Number System
Feb 01, 2008; ... I do a lot of fill-in work, and I usually don't know all the songs. So I chart out simple guide sheets for myself. The Nashville Number System that you outlined in your July and September '07 Drum Country articles looks a bit easier and clearer. But I do have a question: What if I don't know the ...
QUICK BEATS
Feb 01, 2008; ... The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith Place of birth: St. Paul, Minnesota Influences: John Bonham, Keith Moon, Bill Ward, Ian Paice, Roger Taylor, Ginger Baker Hobbies/interests: Golf, motorcycles, my family How I relax: Play with my kids, go to the ...
Antonio SANCHEZ: Musicality And Burn
Feb 01, 2008; ... Best known for his multi-timbral, multi-textural, orchestral jazz drumming with The Pat Metheny Group, Antonio Sanchez spreads his solo sticks wide for his debut as a leader, Migration. A whirling dervish of a record with guest spots (and material) from Metheny and Chick Corea, Migration relays ...
Night Ranger's Kelly KEAGY: Alive...And Well
Feb 01, 2008; ... Kelly Keogy is a busy man these days. Known for his powerful drumming with Night Ranger ("Sister Christian" was named one of the "Top Drum Tracks of the 1980s" in a recent Modern Drummer article), Keogy has a new solo album called I'm Alive, showcasing his drumming, singing, and songwriting "Its ...
Bobby PREVITE: Wake Up, Everybody!
Feb 01, 2008; ... The liner notes from The Coalition Of The Willing raise a plea for consciousness: Woke up everybody! If you were less familiar with his prolific output, you might peg Bobby Previte as some sort of quirky multi-instrumentalist agitator who plays some drums Prepare for a shock. On the Coalition Of ...
Luis CONTE: The Power Of 3
Feb 01, 2008; ... Percussion great Luis Conte's new album, Marimbula, is a trio disc featuring bassist Jimmy Johnson and guitarist Barry Coates. Conte describes the music as a unique mixture of ideas. "Its a marriage of traditional percussion in every style," he says. "Marimbula is an instrument-a bass kalimba ....
Ted Leo And The Pharmacists': Chris WILSON
Feb 01, 2008; ... "This is the first record where I don't really regret anything I played," says Ted Leo And The Pharmacists drummer Chris Wilson of the band's most recent album, Living With The Living. A Philadelphia resident via Arkansas, Wilson drummed in a variety of bands before hooking up with Leo ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Feb 01, 2008; ... Hal Blaine (session great): 2/5/29 Mick Avory (The Kinks): 2/15/44 Harvey Mason (session giant): 2/22/47 Joe English (Wings): 2/7/49 Nigel Olsson (Elton John): 2/10/49 Jerry Shirley (Humble Pie): 2/4/52 Manny Elias (Tears For Fears/Julian Lennon): ...
UPDATE NEWS
Feb 01, 2008; ... Tyler Stewart is in the studio with Barenaked Ladies working on a few projects. Jimmy DeGrasso will be hitting the road with industrial metal masters Ministry for their final tour, which is expected to kick off in early 2008. Victor Indrizzo and Michael J. Baker share the drum ...
DRUM DATES
Feb 01, 2008; ... This month's important events in drumming history Chick Webb was born on 2/10/09. Baby Dodds passed away on 2/14/59, Karen Carpenter on 2/4/83, Tony Williams on 2/23/97, Doobie Brother Keith Knudsen on 2/8/05, and percussion great Ray Barretto on 2/17/06. 2/18/69: Miles Davis ...
IT'S QUESTIONABLE
Feb 01, 2008; ... Original Istanbul Cymbal I recently purchased a 20'' Istanbul China cymbal. The seller claimed that the cymbal was stored for twenty years in a warehouse. The lettering on the cymbal is green in color, and the underside of the bell is signed "Mehmet" and "Agop" in black. For the $129 ...
Premier Cabria XPK Kit
Feb 01, 2008; ... Redesigned And Ready To Rock Back in 1998, Premier Drums launched a line of drums called the Cabria series. It was aimed at the entry- and mid-level markets, replacing the APK and XPK lines. Now, some ten years later, the Cabria line has been reintroduced with improvements that ...
SNARE DRUM OF THE MONTH
Feb 01, 2008; ... YAMAHA 5 ½x14 KABUTO HOW'S IT SOUND? Even the most basic snare collection should consist of at least two all-purpose drums: one made of wood and one made of metal. For wood drums, most people recommend a maple shell, due to its warm and resonant characteristics. For ...
Istanbul Mehmet Signature X-Jazz And X-Cast Flake Cymbals And Radiant Series Ping Ride
Feb 01, 2008; ... A Musical Mixed Bag Drummers know that "trashy" is not always a bad thing, especially when it comes to cymbals. That's why Istanbul Mehmet is onto something with their new X-Jazz Mehmet Signature and X-Cast Flake cymbals. They also have a heavyweight contender in a small package with ...
3 DRUMSTICKS
Feb 01, 2008; ... Experienced drummers know that individual sticks of the same size and model can often vary widely in weight, pitch, and balance, owing to the organic nature of wood. As a result, grabbing any two sticks out of your stick bag can often result in a dramatically mismatched pair. 3 Drumsticks offers ...
REVOLUTION DRUMS STICK SILO AND FIREFLY
Feb 01, 2008; ... The Revolution Drums Stick Silo is a free-standing stick and accessory container that can also be mounted on a drum. Instead of being the familiar "flat" bag shape, the Silo has rigid 8'' sides that create a triangular shape. It's constructed with ½'' closed-cell foam surrounded by ABS plastic ...
FUTURE SONICS ATRIO SERIES MONITOR EARPHONES
Feb 01, 2008; ... At the risk of sounding egotistical, I can honestly say that I started using in-ear monitoring almost a decade before it became trendy. Back in the very early '80s I purchased a Gallien-Krueger personal monitor amplifier with two powerful 6'' speakers. After those speakers blasted my left ear ...
Aviom Pro 16 Personal Monitoring System
Feb 01, 2008; ... Control Your Mix From The Kit Nothing destroys the vibe of a gig or recording session more than a bad monitor mix. And when that mix is controlled by a sound technician or studio engineer who has to guess at what you need in your headphones or floor wedges to play your best, you never ...
LED ZEPPELIN'S J-A-S-O-N BONHAM: SON OF THUNDER
Feb 01, 2008; ... The rumors started spreading months before the official press release went out: "Led Zeppelin is getting back together and they're going on tour." MD, like everyone else, was getting excited at the possibility. Was it true? We made calls and sent emails back and forth. And we tried to speak with ...
The Art Of Brush Playing
Feb 01, 2008; ... A Roundtable Featuring Steve Smith, Charlie Persip, Ben Riley, Eddie Locke, Billy Hart, And Adam Nussbaum The art of brush playing is a mysterious one. Big band drummers can be seen in old black & white movies moving their arms in grand gestures, using the brushes like a snake ...
Basic Brush Maps
Feb 01, 2008; ... Tools To Improve Your Brush Playing I had been drumming professionally for three years when I was first asked to use brushes on a gig. I was playing old standards like "Take The 'A' Train" at a wedding with a jazz quartet. At that point I knew a few basic swing patterns, but not much ...
ALLISON MILLER: Freedom Jazz-Folk-Pop-Rock Dance
Feb 01, 2008; ... Okay, let's be honest. We musicians are obsessed with the concept of freedom. Artistic freedom-to express ourselves the way we want to. Social freedom-to live our lives free from the structures of mainstream society. Economic freedom-to get paid enough for our creative efforts that we can afford ...
ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA'S JOE TRAVERS THE VAULTMEISTER
Feb 01, 2008; ... Joe Travers believes in destiny. He was born into a family of drummers. His grandfather, father, uncle, and cousins all played. His drumming DNA was set in motion at an early age when his father bought him his first kit at age four. It wasn't until his early teens that he began taking drumming ...
Creative Jazz Giant Hamid Drake: A Place To Come To
Feb 01, 2008; ... If the amount of time you spend away from your practice space is any indication of career accomplishment, then improvising drummer/percussionist Hamid Drake deserves a Nobel Prize. "I just got back from New Orleans for an evening, and then I went to Montreal for a festival," Drake explains ...
Big Picture Drumming: Take The Musical Conversation To A Whole New Level
Feb 01, 2008; ... Big picture drumming-also known as playing for the song-involves looking at music as a whole, not as small parts like drum beats and fills. It's also about not being obsessed with leaving your specific mark on the music. A lot of drummers don't get this concept. Many tend to be impressed ...
Building A Successful Teaching Practice: Part 2: The Start-Up
Feb 01, 2008; ... In last month's inaugural installment of this series, we discussed the reasons you might want to start teaching drums. For this installment, let's assume you've decided that teaching is your calling, and you really want to make a go of it. You can already picture yourself working in your humble ...
Viktor Krauss: The Business Of Sound
Feb 01, 2008; ... A KRAUSS COLLECTION Viktor has recorded with Kenny Aronoff Matt Chamberlain Steve Jordan Jim Keitner Russ Kunkel Kenny Malone It's one thing to become a bassist that other bassists talk about. But it's another thing to become a ...
Pork Pie Percussion: Building Beyond Boutique
Feb 01, 2008; ... Bill Detamore is a pioneer in the field of custom drums. While talented individuals have hand-crafted drums for generations. Bill's Pork Pie drums were the first to capture drummer attention on a large scale ...initially on the West Coast, where the company is based, and later across the country ....
RECORDINGS
Feb 01, 2008; ... Ratings Scale ***** Classic **** Excellent *** Good ** Fair * Poor HORACIO "EL NEGRO" HERNANDEZ ITALUBA II **** Fans of "El Negro" will love the wide-open energy of "Last Minute," the polyrhythmic mastery of "Te Prima," and the ...
TAKING THE REINS
Feb 01, 2008; ... SEAN NOONAN BREWED BY NOON STORIES TO TELL Sean Noonan is appropriately holding cooking spoons in the photo on the back of Stories To Tell. The music he presents is an open-minded mix of musical cultures, and very tasty. Much of it has a free African feeling, with twists-such as Susan ...
LIGHTING THE FUSE
Feb 01, 2008; ... OZ NOY, MAGNUS ROSEN, ARISAWKADORIA Israeli-born guitarist Oz Noy plays fusion with a serious dose of attitude. His tone and phrasing owes a little to fellow axe-man Wayne Krantz, but Noy's soulful, clever tunes are clearly his own. On Fuzzy, Krantz's longtime drummer KEITH CARLOCK, ...
AND FURTHERMORE...
Feb 01, 2008; ... BEATLEJAZZ ALL YOU NEED Jazzing the Beatles canon is not new, the earliest attempts being regrettable swung versions by artists who Should've Known Better and Let It Be. Fortunately, Beatlejazz does know better Led by sensitive, deft drummer BRIAN MELVIN and marvelous pianist Dave ...
MULTI-MEDIA
Feb 01, 2008; ... LED ZEPPELIN THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME, DELUXE EDITION DVD AND BLU-RAY LEVEL: ALL $44.98 **** Led Zeppelin never much cared for The Song Remains The Same, citing shabby playing and silly fantasy sequences. If you weren't around to see the band live in the '70s, ...
Pasic 2007
Feb 01, 2008; ... The 2007 Percussive Arts Society International Convention was held this past November 1-4 in Columbus, Ohio. The event brings students, educators, manufacturers, and world-class percussionists together to share their knowledge and experiences. Honored at the convention were PAS Hall Of Fame ...
Who's Playing What
Feb 01, 2008; ... Pearl Jam's Matt Cameron has been using Yamaha's Steve Gadd Signature 30th Anniversary drumset on tour. The kit, only fifty of which were produced, is a replica of the custom set that Gadd has used for almost twenty years. In other news, Latin American pop legend Charly Alberti, Jon Wysocki ...